MCQ
The recent ancestors of modern man were:
  • A
    Java ape man and Peking man.
  • B
    Peking man and Rhodesian Man.
  • C
    Rhodesian man and Cro$-$Magnon man.
  • Cro$-$Magnon man and Neanderthal man.

Answer

Correct option: D.
Cro$-$Magnon man and Neanderthal man.
Cro$-$Magnon is a name that has been used to describe the first early modern humans $($early Homo sapiens$).$ The Neanderthals are an extinct species of human in the genus Homo, possibly a subspecies of Homo sapiens. They are closely related to modern humans, differing in $\ce{DNA}$ by only $0.3\%.$

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